Ditch the Norms.

WE'RE REWRITING THE RULES OF FRIENDSHIP.

Welcome to the

Friendship IRL

podcast

Ever noticed how much we talk about romantic, family, and parent-child relationships, while friendships often get the silent treatment?

Welcome to “Friendship IRL,” the Podcast where we dive deep into what’s working (and what isn’t) in our friendships.

Think of our episodes as a coffee date with your closest pal, filled with real stories that’ll make you nod and say, “Yep, been there!” And here’s the kicker – we’re not stopping at stories.

Get ready for practical advice you can actually use to supercharge your own friendships.

By the end of each episode, you won’t just be nodding at the familiar stories – you’ll be all set to take action and nurture those meaningful friendships.

Eager to uncover what it truly takes to cultivate connections through life’s twists and turns? Come join the Friendship IRL community – let’s explore the path to more authentic friendships together.

The Short story?

Alex Alexander

I care deeply about friendships + community.

I didn’t have a healthy support system growing up.
So, I built one… out of friends.

I believe we can impact our connections, friendships, community and overall support systems more than we've been led to believe.

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Words from our listeners

I'm in my early thirties and married, but no kids. I feel like something is missing from my life. Then I listened to your podcast. Your words inspire me. Yes, the missing piece is friendship, what I am looking for

So happy I came across your podcast! It is a topic that is so important. I'm excited to follow your podcast and hear the topics you come up with!

Love this podcast with actionable tips to make friendships in adulthood better! With everything that's happened over the past three years I feel like I'm starting over in a lot of new friendships/struggling to maintain some longer ones but this has helped.

So amazing! I've shared with a lot of my friends and family. It seems friendships takes on a huge part of our youth, but then we just set and forget & that doesn't always continue to work throughout our lives.

I recently moved from Portugal to the USA and I felt like I was leaving everything behind. It was then when I found out how special friends really are in our lives.

So excited for this. These conversations need to happen more often!

This podcast is so good! If close friendships are a barometer for happiness as many studies have indicated, this podcast is a solid and helpful vehicle to create and strengthen those friendships. Alex is a fantastic host.

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I just spent my 40th birthday weekend with a menagerie of friends that have shown up and been present my life in all sorts of stages. I want to thank you for your friendship wheel and for the language to describe different friendships. You gave me the language to describe my friendships. I talked about how nobody at that table has the responsibility, including my husband, to be my everything. I told them that being "my everything" is an impossible role to fill. Friendship isn't all-or-nothing that there's spectrums of friendship. There's there's roles that we all fill, and that collectively, the people sitting around the table make me feel so full and loved.

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